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Gauteng State of the Province Address GAUTENG STATE OF THE PROVINCE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY PREMIER NOMVULA MOKONYANE 24 February 2014 GAUTENG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA ADDRESS BY GAUTENG PREMIER NOMVULA MOKONYANE ON THE OPENING OF THE GAUTENG PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE 24 February 2014, Johannesburg Madam Speaker Members of the Executive Council Deputy Speaker Chief Whip of the Majority Party Honourable Members of the Provincial Legislature Members of the Diplomatic Corps Executive Mayors Acting Gauteng Police Commissioner Councillors Honourable Leaders of Political Parties Members of the Media Distinguished Guests Residents of Gauteng I stand here today with humility to share and reflect on the work done, achievements attained as well as challenges encountered over the last twenty years of constitutional democracy. As we reflect on the epic journey that we travelled together and the plans for the future, we are delighted to know that as your elected servants we still enjoy your unwavering support. We the ANC are forever humbled and moved by the confidence you have in us. As a liberation movement founded 102 years ago, we have continued with the journey to transform and move South Africa forward. 1 And therefore, this hard-earned trust coupled with responsibility cannot be taken for granted since it is not an entitlement. Accordingly, what we are here about today is not only about the ANC, but the continuing partnership between the ANC government and the people of South Africa. This partnership born of struggle against oppression, tyranny, racism and exploitation remains a guide to action. In April, 27 1994 the overwhelming majority of South Africans voted democracy and freedom over racist tyranny and oppression, it was the beginning of a long journey of undoing more than 300 years of damage and plunder perpetuated by apartheid colonialism. Some amongst us would like us to believe that apartheid is dead, when the converse is true. Others wish that we shy away from referring to the past whilst ordinary South Africans continue to be confronted with the spectre of apartheid legacy in their workplace, suburbs and townships as well as supermarkets and farmlands in everyday of their lives. The stories they tell are still stories of systematic humiliation, exploitation, and downright racism. Hence in some areas of our country there are those who still view our people as refugees in their country of birth, a notion which flies against the spirit of the Bill of Rights as enshrined in our constitution. These are the type of people, in whose sub-conscious, the dream of restoration of apartheid lives on. They are the ones who are hell-bent to undermine the efforts towards reconciliation, social cohesion, unity and nation building. They attach no true value to the sacrifices made by 2 many South Africans, both Black and White, so that South Africans can live side by side in a peaceful and prosperous country as equals. When we relate the story of South Africa there is a figure that personifies the struggle, suffering and triumph of her people against adversity. And that is Tata Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. His life is an embodiment of the experiences of the majority of our people. His “Long Walk to Freedom” started in Mvezo and ended in Qunu, but his political consciousness, brinkmanship and leadership prowess got moulded and sharpened here in Gauteng. It is in this province where he shared the political space with such great political intellectuals as Duma Nokwe, Walter Sisulu, Dorothy Nyembe Antony Lembede, Helen Josephs, O.R. Tambo and many others. Madiba took the challenges of being a rural Black in the heartland of so-called Whiteman urban enclave in his strides. He found shelter in the forgotten squalor of Alexandra moving further to Soweto like many others who were victims of forced removals such as Sophiatown where the wretched of the land were confined. He was, just like millions of Blacks, treated as a second class citizen and a native whose stay in the cities and towns of this country was controlled through Group Areas Act, Influx Control, Population Registration Act and a myriad of other legislations designed to deprived people of their basic human liberties. But Madiba refused to be defined in terms of those terrible laws and chose to give up his freedom so that we can all be treated with dignity and respect regardless of colour, creed or class. 3 In all his life he never defined himself outside the experiences of his people and the organisation he served and so loved. He remained rooted in the principles of the people’s movement, the African National Congress, which he led with the other collective. His magnanimity inspite of gross abuse and long unlawful incarceration never bred hatred or anger against fellow humans. To the world Madiba’s humanness and capacity to forgive was beyond comprehension. His iconic stature was easily compared to sainthood. In the face of such association and accolades, Madiba was quick to remind us that no leader was perfect, and thus denied being referred to as a saint, and remarked: “ I am not a saint unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.” The name Nelson Mandela will resonate with future generations as the Father of our Nation and the lodestar that continues to guide us to a united and prosperous future. Honourable Members and residents of Gauteng The 20 years journey we have traversed has been an exciting one, however, as in any other journey we continue to encounter obstacles. Together with our people, our commitment is to accelerate the better life for all. When we came in power after the 1994 general elections, we were never fazed by the daunting task of establishing a government in Gauteng from scratch. Many would recall that Gauteng was not in existence before 1994 and we had to create and oversee an overly 4 fragmented, but highly cosmopolitan province with municipalities based on the apartheid model of government. None of our communities could lay claim of having elected their own councillors or parliamentarian, nor know what platform to express their wish to government except through the organs of people’s power. We have really democratised our country. Lest we forget, even when we had an overwhelming vote, we were the ones who, in the spirit of nation building and reconciliation, invited the members of the erstwhile National Party and Inkatha Freedom Party to be part of government of national unity. We had to also, without any delay respond to the needs of our people, in areas such as housing. Our responsiveness was a stark contrast to the offering by the apartheid government that had stopped building the old four-roomed structure in the late 1970’s. One of the tragedies of apartheid, amongst many, was to entrench the 99 year leasehold that deprived Africans of property rights wherein women were regarded as minors and could never dream of being property owners. To reverse this situation we had to come up with new housing interventions that sought to deal with the huge demand that existed then. To get to where we are today, where education has been elevated to the apex priority, we had to break the fabric of apartheid education philosophy which was founded upon racial exclusion. The African child was at the lowest in the packing order of access to quality education. 5 The African child could also not go from the township to attend school in the erstwhile white suburbs due to Group Areas Act, amongst others. During the journey that we started, we embarked on significant transformation of the education system over a 20-year period to reverse apartheid legacy and achieve more equitable access to public education for all. Overall, Gauteng demonstrated a consistent upswing in the matric results. We increased the number of leaner enrolment in the ordinary public schools, especially in the no-fee schools. We also saw an increase overall in post-matric qualification. In Health, we introduced major improvements in access to health care and promotion of health awareness status. We saw an increase in the life expectancy due to Anti-Retroviral Treatment rollout; whilst the HIV infection rate and HIV-related maternal mortality went down drastically. We also embarked on strategic economic infrastructure that was intended to turnaround the province. The first generation of major infrastructure project branded as Blue IQ turned Gauteng into a construction site. These included, amongst others, the Gautrain, Expansion of City Deep, upgrade of Newtown precinct, development of the Automotive Hub in Tshwane, Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg, the Cradle of Humankind in the West Rand and Expansion of the OR Tambo International Airport. These projects contributed immensely to the transport system, the tourism sector and general economic activity of Gauteng. 6 In deracialising the human settlement patterns, we redesigned the apartheid spatial developments through Cosmo City, Bricksfield in the Inner City, Diepsloot adjacent to Dainfern and Olievenhoutbosch in Tshwane, to name but a few. Madame Speaker, Residents of Gauteng, In the term of this fourth administration, informed by the review of the last fifteen years, we had to take bold decisions on issues of management, leadership, financial controls, accountability, as well as matters related to accelerating service delivery. We also dealt with matters related to turnaround times of procurement and payment of goods and services. We implemented the new mandate through the following priorities: education, health, safety, jobs, human settlements and rural development. These Strategic Priorities of the Gauteng government were informed by the 2009 Manifesto of the ruling party, the African National Congress. In this regard, education was identified as the Apex priority. Through his actions and expressions, the President of the Republic of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, made all South Africans to become partners in championing education as the Apex priority.
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